FLORIDA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS v. PRIDE

No. 97-1387.

706 So.2d 133 (1998)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant, v. Edward PRIDE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Schwartz, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Edward Pride, in pro. per.

Before COPE, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court entered a postconviction order in a criminal case in which it enjoined the Florida Department of Corrections from cutting the hair of defendant-appellant Edward Pride, a member of the Rastafarian religion, "unless or until such actions are found to not violate his First Amendment rights by the governing Federal Courts in the pending litigation."

We reverse the order, first, because the Department of Corrections was given no notice...

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